Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 20, 2025

Exploring a Medical Office Assistant Career Are you looking for a stable, rewarding career in the healthcare field that doesn’t require a degree? Becoming a medical office assistant might be the perfect choice for you. What Does a Medical Office Assistant Do? What Does a Medical Office Assistant Do?

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Barton Associates

MAY 8, 2025

Across the United States, tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortage s of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals. Many healthcare facilities in the U.S. These professionals play a vital role in maintaining essential services and ensuring continuity of patient care.

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Plum Health

MAY 19, 2023

Plum Health DPC has a primary care solution designed just for you: Embrace the Benefits of Direct Primary Care Direct Primary Care is a membership-based healthcare model that emphasizes a direct relationship between patient and doctor. Ready to transform your healthcare experience?

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

APRIL 12, 2025

The need for medical assistants is growing rapidly. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the field will grow by 15 percent from 2023 to 2033 , which is higher than the average for roles that provide support to healthcare professionals. Typical tasks may include: Recording information in patients’ medical records.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Deliver the program via an interdisciplinary healthcare team. Given practical constraints in many healthcare settings, who are the minimum essential team members for multidisciplinary management of weight loss in older adults? How might primary care physicians coordinate this care in settings with limited specialist access?

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 2, 2025

In fact, cough accounts for one in five reasons we seek assistance from a healthcare provider. We didn’t need technologies to be able to differentiate between patients based on coughs, as primary care physicians have been doing that for centuries. A patient-oriented option in production is the wheezo system from Respiri.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Effective blood pressure management requires taking the appropriate medicine as prescribed by a healthcare professional and implementing appropriate lifestyle changes. Read on for an overview of medications used to treat high blood pressure, along with lifestyle changes that can enhance the effectiveness of these medications.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Effective blood pressure management requires taking the appropriate medicine as prescribed by a healthcare professional and implementing appropriate lifestyle changes. Read on for an overview of medications used to treat high blood pressure, along with lifestyle changes that can enhance the effectiveness of these medications.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 29, 2025

Subscribe to our free Newsletters to receive weekly emails, and even get a laugh or two from our medical cartoons. com Follow Us Subscribe For latest news and updates Email-id is invalid The content of this site is intended for healthcare professionals.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Lastly, Soo Borson is a self-described primary care leaning geriatric psychiatrist, developer of the Mini-Cog, and co-leads the CDC-funded BOLD Center on Early Detection of Dementia. Alex 00:09 We are delighted to welcome S oo Borson, who is a primary care oriented geriatric psychiatrist. Who do we have with us today?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Its another deprescribing super special on today’s GeriPal Podcast, where we delve into the latest research on deprescribing medications prescribed to older adults. Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

Today we are coming back for more (or less given the content), talking about the following articles with their lead authors: First up, we talk with Ariel Green about her article in JAMA Network on preferred phrases a clinician may use to explain why they should reduce or stop the medication. That’s huge! Welcome, Ariel. Ariel: Thanks.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Today we learn more about coaching from 3 coaches: Greg Pawlson, coach and former president of the American Geriatrics Society, Vicky Tang, geriatrician-researcher at UCSF and coach , and Beth Griffiths, primary care internist at UCSF and coach. We address: What is coaching? How does it differ from therapy? From Beth Israel and UNC.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It’s Lona Mody who is a translational infectious disease researcher at the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Devika Nair, who is a nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee Valley VA Healthcare System. Welcome back Lona.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Their success is understandable : they offer a fast and easy method to check any skin conditions, typically for a fraction of the cost of a traditional healthcare appointment. It’s complete in its descriptions and treatments which can also be used by medical professionals of all types.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Have you ever found yourself in need of medical attention but overwhelmed by the myriad of clinics and healthcare options out there? Navigating the healthcare system can be daunting, especially when you're unwell or caring for someone who is. Do you prefer a full-service medical center or a walk-in clinic?

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to postpone medical appointments until something feels wrong. However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all medicine.

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GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

Then I went to medical school and I thought, “Well, should I go into psych? We also worked a little bit with the primary care team certain of the risk factors. We had diabetes, hypertension, risky medications. So, medications that… Like sort of Bier’s criterium. Should I do neuro?

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GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

Alex 00:33 And delighted to welcome Evie K a lmar, who’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc at UCSF. Eric 00:42 So on this podcast, we’re gonna be talking about what every healthcare provider should know about radiation oncology. I was really fascinated not only with the medical side of things, but some of the.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

We have two new FDA-approved medications that reduce that amyloid buildup and modestly slow down the progression of the disease. So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? How should we screen for cognitive impairment? Great to be back.

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GeriPal

MAY 18, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Hot off the press is a brand spanking new updated 2023 AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. The Beers Criteria is one of the most frequently cited reference tools in geriatrics, detailing potentially inappropriate medications to prescribe to older people.

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Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care. Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. These symptoms require immediate medical attention.

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The Motivated MD

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In medicine, it is commonly agreed that ‘to err is human’ Most healthcare professionals would agree that humans make mistakes. A study by Johns Hopkins in 2016 found that medical errors may potentially be the third leading cause of death nationwide. So yes, humans make mistakes.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary When treating heart failure, how do we distinguish between the expanding list of medications recommended for “Guideline Directed Medical Therapy” (GDMT) and what might be considered runaway polypharmacy? He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

JULY 3, 2025

We’ve invited two palliative care doctors to talk about survivorship with us: Laura Petrillo , a physician-researcher at Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Laura Shoemaker , an outpatient palliative care doctor at the Cleveland Clinic. And so we can go into what survivorship care has historically looked like.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 29, 2022

When I was a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine, I participated in their Ethics track. This included additional classes in medical ethics as well as a scholarly project examining the medical ethics of a specific clinical situation. There is no easy or "correct" answer in these situations.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Emmy: But we know that physiologic changes with aging, like decreasing night vision and so forth, as well as medications, as well as medical conditions, can all affect whether you can drive. Certainly my bias is that healthcare professionals really do have a role in this discussion. They’re really not. Emmy: Yeah.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Alex: Today we’re delighted to welcome Jerry Gurwitz, who is a geriatrician and professor of medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School. I talked about lack of prestige and respect, and I talked about how healthcare system leaders and medical school deans don’t always seem to value the field of geriatrics.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary Falls are very common among older adults but often go unreported or untreated by healthcare providers. This is Sarah Berry, who is at the Hebrew Senior Life and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical center and Harvard Medical School. I mean, there’s a lot, you know, medications that goes on and on.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The many arguments, theories, & approaches across settings and conditions are explored in detail in the book they edited, “ Intentionally Interprofessional Palliative Care ” (discount code AMPROMD9). Of note: these lessons apply to geriatrics, primary care, hospital medicine, critical care, cancer care, etc, etc.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

And so when I had decided to socially, medically, and surgically transition, I had to really sit down with members of the department and really did a lot of in services. It’s individualized care for the inclusive and affirming care. Eric 04:53 How is it public? Can you tell me about that? Noelle Marie 04:57 Yeah.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

I worry, as a ex-primary care doctor, how much time I have. Susan: I’ll just say, I think that could happen outside of the healthcare setting pretty easily and frequently does. And I don’t think necessarily, that appointment needs to be a medicalized process. I think it’s all about how important.

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GeriPal

MAY 26, 2022

First we have Emily Largent who is a bioethicist in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Emily. Eric: And Alex, who do we have on the show with us today? Alex: Today, we are delighted to welcome two bioethicists. Emily: I do.

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